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Enzalutamide, a prostate cancer drug, may help prevent COVID-19 by blocking the virus from entering lung cells.

Hormones, especially androgens, play a key role in causing acne, and treatments like hormone control pills and hormone-blocking medications can help.

A protein from fat-derived stem cells, DKK1, is linked to hair loss and blocking it may help treat alopecia areata.

A protein called EGFR protects hair follicle stem cells, and when it's disrupted, hair follicles can be damaged, but blocking certain pathways can restore hair growth.

Melanoma risk tools need improvement, a gene mutation causes a hair disorder that might be treated by managing cell stress, a potential therapy for a skin-ear disorder involves blocking cell channels, skin wrinkling may indicate lung aging regardless of smoking, and oxidative stress might contribute to common baldness.

Early exposure to germs may protect against autoimmune diseases, lack of sex increases alcohol preference in fruit flies, a potential baldness treatment could involve blocking a specific receptor, skin memory cells help prevent re-infection, high-fat diets can affect brain cells related to weight, and the link between social status, stress, and heart disease in primates is unclear.

A device was made in 2008 to measure hair loss severity. Other findings include: frizzy mutation in mice isn't related to Fgfr2, C/EBPx marks preadipocytes, Cyclosporin A speeds up hair growth in mice, blocking plasmin and metalloproteinases hinders healing, hyperbaric oxygen helps ischemic wound healing, amniotic membranes heal wounds better than polyurethane foam, rhVEGF165 from a fibrin matrix improves tissue flap viability and induces VEGF-R2 expression, and bFGF enhances wound healing and reduces scarring in rabbits.

A substance called prostaglandin D2 is found more in bald scalps and it stops hair from growing. Blocking its receptor could potentially treat hair loss.

Prostaglandin D2, found in higher levels in bald scalps, stops hair growth, suggesting that blocking its receptor could potentially treat hair loss.

Hair follicles offer promising targets for delivering drugs to treat hair and skin conditions.

Many elderly women experience unwanted facial hair and various hair loss conditions, with treatments available for each condition.

The document advises health care providers on how to support transgender and gender-diverse youth with appropriate care and referrals.

Various medicinal plants like Polygonum multiflorum, Red ginseng extract, and Zizyphus jujuba can potentially treat hair loss, offering benefits like low cost and multiple ways of working. Other effective natural substances include Pygeum africanum, Seneroa, Urtica dioica, and more.

Liarozole may be more effective than cyproterone acetate for treating advanced prostate cancer, with better PSA response and survival rates, while maintaining quality of life.

The document concludes that there is no agreed-upon best method for measuring drug delivery within hair follicles and more research is needed to validate current techniques.

Some medications can cause reversible hair loss by affecting hair growth cycles.

Combining Finasteride and Minoxidil effectively treats hair loss in middle-aged men.

Finasteride effectively treats baldness but may cause sexual side effects.

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors show promise in treating some skin diseases but their definitive role in dermatology is still unclear.

A woman with Budd-Chiari syndrome improved after treatment and needs a liver transplant, highlighting the importance of considering non-criteria antiphospholipid syndrome in similar cases.

Delta opioid receptors help regulate touch sensation by reducing neurotransmitter release in the spinal cord.

Endocannabinoids help control mast cell activity in human skin.

DHEA stimulates skin oil glands and could help postmenopausal women, with potential for acne and excessive hair growth treatments.

Wnt, Eda, and Shh pathways are crucial for different stages of sweat gland development in mice.

Spironolactone helps regrow hair in women with hair loss.

Ephrins slow down skin and hair follicle cell growth.

Late pregnancy helps repair brain damage in rats due to the GABAergic system.

Zebrafish need MYC and FGF to regenerate inner ear hair cells.

Topical estrogen treatments did not change hair growth in certain mouse strains, questioning previous findings on their role in hair growth control.

UV light helped human hair transplants survive in mice without broad immunosuppression.